Photos of men walking over a bed of burning coal

Malaysian ethnic Chinese men walk barefoot on a bed of burning coal on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods festival at a temple in Kuala Lumpur. The men abstain from meat for nine days in order to purify their bodies in preparation for this ritual. See more photos after the cut...

Photos: EFCC arraigns former Adamawa Commissioner for N20m Land Fraud

A former Adamawa State Commissioner for Finance and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, John Elias, was yesterday October 22nd arraigned before Justice B.B Aliyu of Federal High Court Yola, Adamawa State over a N20 million fraud. A statement from EFCC states that Elias allegedly sold and appropriated some properties, which are under interim forfeiture to the Federal Government.

An evaluation exercise conducted by the EFCC on the forfeited properties revealed that Elias sold a landed property situated at Galadima Aminu Way, Yola to one Hamid Yusuf for N20,000,000.00( Twenty Million Naira) through his agent, Jibril Mairiga. He also allegedly gave another property on Atiku Abubakar Way, Yola, Adamawa State,to his brother, Dr. Joel Yohanna, for use as a private hospital.

The former Commissioner is also alleged to have coerced the tenants in another property to be paying their rents to Al-Akim Investment Limited without authorization by the EFCC.

One of the charges reads: “That you, Al-kim Investment Nigeria Limited and John Babani Elias (M), sometimes in February, 2011 at Jimeta-Yola, Adamawa State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court and without due authorization by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission dealt with, having put tenants and collecting rents in and over the property known as four unit houses behind First Bank of Nigeria Plc. Jimeta, Yola and which property is a subject of an interim order of forfeiture issued on the 13th day of December, 2005 by the Federal High Court, Lagos in charge No. FHC/L/CS/1258/2005, contrary to and punishable under section 32(1) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act 2004”.

He pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him. The presiding judge, Justice Aliyu granted Elias bail in the sum of N5million with a surety in like sum and fixed December 15, 2015 for trial.

How bad : Actress Iretiola Doyle shows her injury from a traffic robbery

  How bad : Actress Iretiola Doyle shows her injury from a traffic robbery

According to Iretiola Doyle, she was robbed and injured in traffic. The robbers shattered the window, stole her phone and she had to get 6 stiches. '1 inch deeper and it would have been a different story.' The Govt definitely needs to do something about these robberies.

Lol. See what comedian Baba Funky wore to his wedding (photos)

The comedian and presenter wore shorts to his wedding to his girl Nelly on October 4th. More photos after the cut..

 

Breaking News: CCT adjourns trial of Saraki

 

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) this morning  adjourned the trial of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
The adjournment was announced shortly after the Tribunal commenced sitting.
It fixed November 5 and 6 for the hearing on the case.
The adjournment, according to the Tribunal, was to await the verdict of the Court of Appeal in the case filed by Saraki on his arraignment before the CCT.

Photos: Woman arrested for trying to sell her baby on Gumtree for 5,000 rand

A woman who attempted to sell her 19-month-old baby boy in an online classified and community board website Gumtree, has appeared in court on charges of human trafficking.

She was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 15, at the KFC in Chief Albert Luthuli Road, in Pietermaritzburg after an undercover agent arranged to buy the baby from her, said Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, spokesman for the Hawks special crimes investigation unit.

Police were tipped off that that the 20-year-old woman was offering her son for 5,000 rand (£245) in a disguised post offering a baby car seat.

"Gumtree South Africa's customer service team was alerted that a young woman had placed an ad on the site advertising a child for sale," company spokeswoman Claire Cobbledick said in a statement. "The team immediately removed the ad and blocked the user's account. We escalated the issue to the corporate office that engages law enforcement on suspected criminal cases."

The woman, who initially denied being the child’s mother, appeared in court in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, on human trafficking charges, and her case was adjourned until October 26.

"We met her and there was an exchange of money with an undercover police officer," Hangwani Mulaudzi said. "She gave us the money and we arrested her directly." Police officer Mthokozisi Ngobese said he interviewed the mother, who explained why she wanted to sell her child.

"She said the father was not prepared to pay for the child anymore, so she wanted to get rid of the child," he said.

The child is said to be in good health and has since been taken into care by social workers.

Raunchy photos taken at a party in Kenya over the weekend

The photos were taken at a party in Kenya over the weekend. And most of the ladies were grinding their butts on the men. According to Mpasho Tv, the popular Jamaican dance style is now popular among eastern Africans. More photos after the cut...

Nigerians react to Emmanuel Emenike's resignation from Super Eagles

28 year old Emmanuel Emenike yesterday announced on instagram that he was retiring from Super Eagles, calling time on his five-year career for the national team.

Nigerians have taken to twitter to react to his resignation with some blaming Oliseh while others have exonerated him. See some tweets after the cut...

Hairfinity Paints Lagos Pink (photos)

The Brock Beauty Team took Nigeria by storm when they arrived Nigeria for the official launch of Hairfinty- hair vitamins. Their week commenced with a press conference on the 6th of October, 2015 where the CEO & President of Brock beauty- Brock & Tymeka Lawrence introduced Hairfinity to distinguished members of the press, then proceeded to participate at the just concluded 3 day Beauty Africa Exhibition as gold sponsors which held at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotel, VI, Lagos.

At the press conference, Brock and Tymeka Lawrence, along with their team gave journalists an insight into the hair vitamins, answered questions and also corrected false notions and misconceptions about the hair vitamin brand- Hairfinity.

As Gold Sponsors of one of Africa’s biggest beauty Exhibitions- the Beauty Africa Exhibition, with an audience comprising of make-up artists, hair enthusiasts, skin care experts, media influencers, and everyone relevant in the Nigerian beauty scene in attendance, the Brock beauty team began the 3 day exhibition with a speech from their Marketing director- Amber Mcgowan, a hair demonstration by Patrick Omale of Patrick’s Beauty Zone on Genevieve Online Editor- Elizabeth Awoliyi, as well as a natural hair demonstration, a video testimonial of Hairfinity users, and a vote of thanks by the President of Brock Beauty- Tymeka Lawrence.

Day two of the exhibition was fun filled with lots of selfies as Former Miss World and Beauty Icon made an appearance at the pink carpeted booth and was courteous as fans and passersby flooded the pink booth to take pictures with the supermodel.

Also on day two, the Brock Beauty team hosted notable influencers- from beauty editors to make up artists and hair enthusiasts - to an intimate meet and greet dinner. In attendance were Dodos Uvieghara of IamDodos, Ezinne Alfa of Beauty In Lagos, Antonia Soares of Complete Fashion Magazine, Jennifer Obiuvwebi of Bella Naija, Elizabeth Awoliyi of Genevieve Magazine, Funke Babs Kufeji of ThisDay Style, Onah Nwachukwu of Hello Magazine, Nibi Lawson of Kinky Apothecary etc.

The Beauty Exhibition concluded for the Brock Beauty team with major giveaways as passersby were drawn to the pink carpet as Hairfinity had gifts for everyone who walked by. To round up their visit, Hairfinity had a fun ad campaign shoot which will showcase various Nigerian models with various hair lengths showing off the Hairfinity bottle.

For more information, please visit www.brockbeauty.com